The Great Mirror

This website contains a selection of photographs taken over several decades by a geography professor who wanted to remember what he had seen. They are captioned with some of what he learned about those places and knew he would otherwise forget. Corrections, comments, and permission requests should be sent to him directly at bwallach@ou.edu, where he is professor emeritus in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma.

Additions in 2019 include Peninsular India (Bombay 2019, the Ajanta Caves, and the Bhaje, Bedse, and Karla Caves), and Israel and the West Bank (Israel 2019).

Additions in 2018 include Micronesia (Pohnpei), Zimbabwe (Great Zimbabwe and Road to Masvingo), Australia (Uluru/Ayers Rock, Long Way to Broken Hill, and Broken Hill), Peru (Cusco, Ollamtaytambo, Pisac, and Hydrophilia, which is to say Tambomachay, Tipon, and Moray), UK (Glasgow), Romania (Transylvania), and Northern India (Calcutta 2018 and Bishnupur)

Additions in 2015 included New Zealand (except Dunedin and Port Chalmers) and Nigeria (Abuja, Ibadan, Lagos, and Oshogbo).

Additions in 2014 included the Eastern U.S. (Central Pennsylvania), Northern India (Delhi additions of Paharganj, St. James Church, and Nizamuddin), the UK (Birmingham), Zimbabwe (Bulawayo), and South Africa (Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Port Elizabeth, and Grahamstown).

Additions in 2011 included Kenya, Tanzania, Hungary, the Czech Republic (Prague), France, Japan (Return to Yokohama), Germany (Berliner Moderne, Berlin Discovers Glass, Dessau and the Bauhaus, Speyer Cathedral, and Rothenberg ob der Tauber), the UK (Kedleston Hall and London), and the Western U.S. (Los Angeles 2011 and San Diego).

Additions in 2010 included Eastern U.S. (New York City), the Western U.S. (Big Bend), Peninsular India (Aurangabad, Deogiri Fort, and Ellora), Italy (Siena, San Gemignano, and Giglio), the UK (Ironbridge), Belgium (Mons and the Ascenseur de Strepy), South Africa, Namibia, and Mozambique.

Additions in 2004 included the UAE (Dubai and Old Dubai), Oman (Muscat and Jebel Akhdar), the Eastern United States (Washington, D.C), the Western United States (Glen Rose and Las Colinas), Northern India (Calcutta), Peninsular India (Hyderabad and Sanchi), Sri Lanka (Anuradhapura), Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva).